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that is what mitt romney is sayi >>shd:y saey ll tutit h ld. stands to reason that the american people would go, you should tell us how but they are not going to. >>guest: i think we will hear it from the vice predent. wdov il >>shepard: all right guys, john, john, everyone is john today. we will be in kentucky tomorrow. i will miss the fox report welthrheufuse we have to fly. mo aios i o e dc nrkanet baier and megyn will host it on the news channel, going a few minutes before hanny's time ot the f sldaw elarak tith cost the government hundreds of millions. wait, wait, wait, cost the government? what they really mean is, it cost the people. so if wells fargo paid hundreds of millions in fne are ty pe?ng toive ttack t ouinin this case er staying active can actually ease arthritis sympto. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be dficult. prescription celebrex can help relievarthritipain yood any ot can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physi
that is what mitt romney is sayi >>shd:y saey ll tutit h ld. stands to reason that the american people would go, you should tell us how but they are not going to. >>guest: i think we will hear it from the vice predent. wdov il >>shepard: all right guys, john, john, everyone is john today. we will be in kentucky tomorrow. i will miss the fox report welthrheufuse we have to fly. mo aios i o e dc nrkanet baier and megyn will host it on the news channel, going a few minutes before...
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it is mitt romney. when he came out before the facts were known and specific on it, shot from the hip. before our families remain even notified. ever since, jumbled the story line, have it calf the president, but, still, has yet to put out his own foreign policy vision and say what he would do differently on libya or any number issues. >>shepard: i understand your criticism on the jumbling of the story line but i want to get to the bottom the jumbling of the story line on this matter because this matter of susan rice telling us one thing and intelligence knowing something else entirely is a matter that could be very tricky for a campaign and, frankly, could be concerning to a lot of americans that the president goes off to a campaign event to raise money and we have had the assassination of an ambassador overseas for the first time since 1979. >>guest: as i said at the beginning, i don't have access to any information on this beyond what is in the public. i do know how these things unfold where facts be
it is mitt romney. when he came out before the facts were known and specific on it, shot from the hip. before our families remain even notified. ever since, jumbled the story line, have it calf the president, but, still, has yet to put out his own foreign policy vision and say what he would do differently on libya or any number issues. >>shepard: i understand your criticism on the jumbling of the story line but i want to get to the bottom the jumbling of the story line on this matter...
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and governor romney has surged after the strong performance in the first debate. the tied race shows the importance of the debate. aides of obama say heel bring a new strategy and governor romney's advisors say they are ready for the challenge. the format is very different from denver, with members of the audience asking questions, and that emphasizes connecting with common voters rather than getting aggressive with a challenger. now we have carl cameron in new york. how does a candidate prepare for this they date? >>carl: that becomes body mannerisms, body language, the vibe the candidates give off. president obama will take questions from the audience, empathize with them, and pivot and turn it into a criticism of mitt romney for what the democrats say is absence of specifics or bad math open domestic tax cut on budget policy are inexperience for foreign policy the for mitt romney it is different. he has been doing mock debate preparation with a copy of the debate stage and he is being taught how to lean into questions, how to make himself more accessible, how t
and governor romney has surged after the strong performance in the first debate. the tied race shows the importance of the debate. aides of obama say heel bring a new strategy and governor romney's advisors say they are ready for the challenge. the format is very different from denver, with members of the audience asking questions, and that emphasizes connecting with common voters rather than getting aggressive with a challenger. now we have carl cameron in new york. how does a candidate...
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that hurt romney. >>shepard: you cannot overlook the candy crowley objection, there were a number of way she could have got, and there was a lot of pressure, but you could is said, well, if you said that night it was a terror attack and that is what you meant, what was susan rice on the sunday morning shows on the following day. that would have been an easier thing from which form could pivot. >>guest: that is right. in the spin room after the debate the romney campaign surrogates were saying they were flabbergasted what the president was saying calling him a liar. the former governor of new hampshire said many times to me after the debate that the president was a liar. >>shepard: well, the president said in the first 30 minutes of the debate last night, i counted five different times that he said governor romney, you are not telling the truth. you are not telling the truth. or that is false. the things about which the president got criticized from his own party, are not available for criticism this ti
that hurt romney. >>shepard: you cannot overlook the candy crowley objection, there were a number of way she could have got, and there was a lot of pressure, but you could is said, well, if you said that night it was a terror attack and that is what you meant, what was susan rice on the sunday morning shows on the following day. that would have been an easier thing from which form could pivot. >>guest: that is right. in the spin room after the debate the romney campaign surrogates...
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that it has gotten out of hand for romney given the fact it was exactly the opposite, a big romney win, now it is a very competitive race and it ensures it will go on. it ensures it will be a tight, tough, competitive race right to election day. >>trace: i think you are right. that is chris wallace, and you lay cornell tomorrow for a huge game and right now you are 3-0. >> the sunday broadcast on local networks includes sit down to democratic governor of maryland and obama supporters and the republican senator from new hampshire and romney supporter. that is fox news sunday. check the local listing. we are now tracking the deadly meningitis outbreak which now has spread to another state. it has already killed five. now the number of cases has jumped dramatically. with the spark miles card from capital one, thor's couture gets the most rewards of any small business credit card. your boa! [ garth ] thor's small business earns double miles on every purchase, every day! ahh, the new fabrics, put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? the spiked heels are working. wait! [ garth
that it has gotten out of hand for romney given the fact it was exactly the opposite, a big romney win, now it is a very competitive race and it ensures it will go on. it ensures it will be a tight, tough, competitive race right to election day. >>trace: i think you are right. that is chris wallace, and you lay cornell tomorrow for a huge game and right now you are 3-0. >> the sunday broadcast on local networks includes sit down to democratic governor of maryland and obama...
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governor romney always frames the conversation in that way. it is more that it is indicative of the unravelling of the narrative that has been spun by the obama campaign that, in fact, the world is a safer place. we know it is not. we know there was an attempted terrorist attack in new york last week. we know things are not going the way the obama administration hoped. the russian reset is not working and iran is closer to possessing a nuclear bomb. the foreign policy has not been a success. >>shepard: health officials two more people have died fungal meningitis linked to the tainted steroids. we have reported on this for weeks and it is sounding like white noise. 14,000 have received the injections of steroids and 300 have been sickened. so far. it is difficult to predict when the outbreak will be over because the mold that causes the disease is so rare they do not know how long it takes to incubate. the centers for disease control if atlanta reports cases across 16 states. jonathan, how rare is this outbreak, jonathan? >>jonathan: these outb
governor romney always frames the conversation in that way. it is more that it is indicative of the unravelling of the narrative that has been spun by the obama campaign that, in fact, the world is a safer place. we know it is not. we know there was an attempted terrorist attack in new york last week. we know things are not going the way the obama administration hoped. the russian reset is not working and iran is closer to possessing a nuclear bomb. the foreign policy has not been a success....
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that is what mitt romney is saying. >>shepard: they both say they will fix this but neither has told us how. it stands to reason that the american people would go, you should tell us how but they are not going to. >>guest: i think we will hear it from the vice president. >> i would love to hear the details. >>shepard: all right guys, john, john, everyone is john today. we will be in kentucky tomorrow. i will miss the fox report tonight because we have to fly. we will be there for the stuff tomorrow and i will post it on the broadcast network, and bret baier and megyn will host it on the news channel, going a few minutes before hannity's time slot. the feds have slapped a lawsuit on wells fargo for taking actions that cost the government hundreds of millions. wait, wait, wait, cost the government? what they really mean is, it cost the people. so if wells fargo paid hundreds of millions in fine are they going to give that back to the people? what do you think in this case? dealer staying active can actually ease arthritis
that is what mitt romney is saying. >>shepard: they both say they will fix this but neither has told us how. it stands to reason that the american people would go, you should tell us how but they are not going to. >>guest: i think we will hear it from the vice president. >> i would love to hear the details. >>shepard: all right guys, john, john, everyone is john today. we will be in kentucky tomorrow. i will miss the fox report tonight because we have to fly. we will be...
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i will vote for mitt romney. i would loved to have had romney been so aggressive but that wasn't the strategy. he is appealing to the people who are still undecided, the nonpartisan. he is looking calm, cool, and collected. >>trace: john? >> he may have been calm but he was incomp tenths. that is the number one foe? he is 20 years out of date. he said that multiple times. and he talked about iran --. >> foe is different from a threat. >> i am not sure how else to interpret that. >>trace: gentleman, good debate. we will hear more on this. thank you both. election officials in battleground states like florida are warning folks that someone is sending fake letters telling people they may not be eligible to vote. according to florida secretary of state, the letters are not real but they appear to be legitimate. the letters are designed to confuse voters and one of the fake letters reads and i quote, "you must complete the attached voter eligibility form and return it to the supervisor of elections office in 15 days o
i will vote for mitt romney. i would loved to have had romney been so aggressive but that wasn't the strategy. he is appealing to the people who are still undecided, the nonpartisan. he is looking calm, cool, and collected. >>trace: john? >> he may have been calm but he was incomp tenths. that is the number one foe? he is 20 years out of date. he said that multiple times. and he talked about iran --. >> foe is different from a threat. >> i am not sure how else to...
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does governor romney have an answer do that? >>carl: he has been working through a series of answers on it. last night when he got to denver, he did an interview with the local fox affiliate. they asked him about it. here is one of the variations you would expect romney to use tomorrow night. >> they want to know, will i get jobs for the american people and get rising incomes? i'm a president for 100 percent of the american people. that is what the people care about. not 47 percent versus anyone, but president for 100 100 percef the people and i have demonstrated that throughout my life. >>carl: he will argue that president obama's record demonstrates an inability to get the committee going. trace? >>trace: thank you, carl. the presidential campaigns have been trying to lower expectations. it is a political strategy based on the idea that if voters are not expecting that were, they are more likely to be impressed. what do you think? joining us is g.o.p. consultant and young democrats of america executive director. emily, you loo
does governor romney have an answer do that? >>carl: he has been working through a series of answers on it. last night when he got to denver, he did an interview with the local fox affiliate. they asked him about it. here is one of the variations you would expect romney to use tomorrow night. >> they want to know, will i get jobs for the american people and get rising incomes? i'm a president for 100 percent of the american people. that is what the people care about. not 47 percent...
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governor romney says it and too little too late. according to the commerce department the economy grew at 2 percent rate the last few months up .7 percent, but analysts say not enough to boost hiring. the president is acknowledging more work needs to be done but claiming growth will slow under governor romney's plan. the president says mitt romney has given us nothing but a drastic plan that independent economists say will fail to create jobs and low g.d.p. growth by an average of percent. governor romney responded this afternoon giving what the campaign billed as a "major economic speech" in the swing state of iowa. >> where are the jobs? where are the nine million more jobs president obama promised the stimulus would have created by now? they are in china. mexico. canada. in countries that have made themselves more attractive for entrepreneurs and business and investment as his policies have made it less attractive. >>shepard: government holds an education on economic issues with 51 percent trust him more to handle the economy and
governor romney says it and too little too late. according to the commerce department the economy grew at 2 percent rate the last few months up .7 percent, but analysts say not enough to boost hiring. the president is acknowledging more work needs to be done but claiming growth will slow under governor romney's plan. the president says mitt romney has given us nothing but a drastic plan that independent economists say will fail to create jobs and low g.d.p. growth by an average of percent....
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>>shepard: governor romney is shown to be ahead of governor romney 52 percent to 45 percent outside the margin of error and the biggest lead in the survey today. the average of all the polls show they are a point from each other, a dead heat. now, carl cameron, this is governor romney taking a break from the trail. >> yes, all about debate preparation, but he is really going light on the campaigning to go heavy on debate prep. it is a big deal getting to 52 percent, and he wants to spend all the time he can before monday's foreign policy debate and he canceled the economic speech he was going to do tomorrow and put his wife on "the view," so she can debate prepare. >> do you think access to contraception and abortion is an economic issue? >> you know, again, i would love it if you would get my husband on coach and you could go down with that all you want. what i know is what i can tell you and what i can reflect about my husband and who he is as a person and how he will respond and how he will govern. >>carl: the courtship for the women's vote is on and it helps to have a spouse who can
>>shepard: governor romney is shown to be ahead of governor romney 52 percent to 45 percent outside the margin of error and the biggest lead in the survey today. the average of all the polls show they are a point from each other, a dead heat. now, carl cameron, this is governor romney taking a break from the trail. >> yes, all about debate preparation, but he is really going light on the campaigning to go heavy on debate prep. it is a big deal getting to 52 percent, and he wants to...
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>>carl: and the romney campaign says their polling shows the same it is close in ohio and romney has an the momentum. an illustration could come from the public policy polling group from north carolina, democratic leaning, polling democrats and known to be liberal. the current poll, from a left leaning union, that shows the same numbers as gallup, 50 percent to 46 percent, romney in the lead and in the battle ground states of ppp pope it is 50 percent to 47 percent romney over gallup. it is not only gallup, but it is even the presidents on the left suggesting romney has moment up. historically after the first debate takes place, very rarely does a second or third performance reverse the number. if romney has momentum right new, it is historically unlikely the president would like to be in the lead tomorrow but it is possible and history suggests whoever lost the first debate can stop the momentum of the opponent in the second or third performance. so, lots on the line for president obama, and it remains on him to reverse the first debate with romney. the vice presidential debate does
>>carl: and the romney campaign says their polling shows the same it is close in ohio and romney has an the momentum. an illustration could come from the public policy polling group from north carolina, democratic leaning, polling democrats and known to be liberal. the current poll, from a left leaning union, that shows the same numbers as gallup, 50 percent to 46 percent, romney in the lead and in the battle ground states of ppp pope it is 50 percent to 47 percent romney over gallup. it...
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are an issue is because romney and ryan are making it one. romney said the reason it is an issue is because an american consulate was attacked by terrorists and four americans are dead. trace? >>trace: thank you, john roberts, from virginia. our g.o.p. strategist and former texas political director for bob dole's campaign and a democratic consultant and former advisor to senators john kerry and ted kennedy. anthony, i don't know if you could hear this, if you look across the board here, it was either a draw or joe biden had a little bit of an edge in some of the polls. that is on content. on style the vice president got hammered for the smirks and the laughs and the smiles. >> this is important. he came across as a bully. in question. i stopped counting the interrupts at 40, i thought that was enough. he was aggressive. he could not defend the failed policy of the last four years. so he attacked. he interrupted. he chastiseed the moderator. it was very evident in body language and style he was like obama, they both thought they were above the
are an issue is because romney and ryan are making it one. romney said the reason it is an issue is because an american consulate was attacked by terrorists and four americans are dead. trace? >>trace: thank you, john roberts, from virginia. our g.o.p. strategist and former texas political director for bob dole's campaign and a democratic consultant and former advisor to senators john kerry and ted kennedy. anthony, i don't know if you could hear this, if you look across the board here,...
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. >> it could not have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts to pay for the wealthy. he said he didn't know about that last night. >> despite the criticism of president obama from fellow democrats, david plouffe who managed the 2008 campaign, reportedly said the mission last night was "not for zingers." we continue with ed henry, live in denver. this was the president's first chance to come out swinging after the debate last night. >>reporter: he did. what is interesting, that runs counter to the narrative the obama camp is trying to put out it was a hollow victory for mitt romney and maybe the president did not take it on the children. to come out swinging as hard as he did at the rally in denver, that suggests he realized he had to make up for missed opportunity and he did not counter punch. the democrats surprised that mitt romney made a comment about tax loopholes and said maybe you need a new accountant to figure out the tax code they were stunned the democrats said the president didn't f
. >> it could not have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts to pay for the wealthy. he said he didn't know about that last night. >> despite the criticism of president obama from fellow democrats, david plouffe who managed the 2008 campaign, reportedly said the mission last night was "not for zingers." we continue with ed henry, live in denver. this was the president's first...
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cow lose ohio if you are romney? yes but then you have to pick up michigan or pennsylvania which are more democratic. for obama if romney picks up ohio and, say, he wins florida and north carolina and virginia he only has to win one more. it could be new hampshire or nevada or colorado, or iowa or wisconsin, if he wins ohio he has a good chance to be the next president. >>shepard: the idea pulling out of north carolina i remember two daze before the election when al gore decide not to go home to nashville because no gore ever lost tennessee and he lost tennessee and if he won he would be our president. >>chris: i don't think skit likely he will lose north carolina and win virginia and florida. if he loses north carolina he will lose more states in the southeast. you only have limited resources and a limited number of places to put them if he cannot care north carolina he is in more trouble than just there. we have foreign policy debate on monday but we will not wait, we will do it sunday. we will have dick durbin and
cow lose ohio if you are romney? yes but then you have to pick up michigan or pennsylvania which are more democratic. for obama if romney picks up ohio and, say, he wins florida and north carolina and virginia he only has to win one more. it could be new hampshire or nevada or colorado, or iowa or wisconsin, if he wins ohio he has a good chance to be the next president. >>shepard: the idea pulling out of north carolina i remember two daze before the election when al gore decide not to go...
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>>shepard: mitt romney didn't either. >>judge napolitano: the governor miss add golden opportunity to rip into the president on this and the president dodged the bullet. governor romney also gets intelligence briefings as does the president. we don't know if it is the same level which the president gets. we now know that the president could now have been truthful when he told jon stewart on the "daily show" when we get the information we release it to the american people. and ambassador rice was not truthful when she said four days after --. >>shepard: do we know she had the information? >>judge napolitano: hard to believe she didn't. but give her the benefit of the doubt. someone between the white house and the ambassador rice was not truthful because we now know that 400 people in the state department and the intelligence community and the situation room and the white house knew this was a terrorist attack. it is political. it will come back to hurt the president. the president has argued because he killed osama bin lad
>>shepard: mitt romney didn't either. >>judge napolitano: the governor miss add golden opportunity to rip into the president on this and the president dodged the bullet. governor romney also gets intelligence briefings as does the president. we don't know if it is the same level which the president gets. we now know that the president could now have been truthful when he told jon stewart on the "daily show" when we get the information we release it to the american people....
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what is the romney camp up to? >>reporter: they are headed to denver with a big rally at wings over the rockies air and space museum. what we will see tonight is a shift in strategy. the governor's attempts at framing this as a referendum on president obama have not been working. he now is saying this is a choice for two very different futures for america. he is saying that his choice is one where a smaller government would have facility private enterprise to grow the economy. the other, his version of president obama's view is that government is still in control of everything. the challenge for governor romney and the debate on wednesday is going to be fully articulate his vision for america's future to the largest audience of his political career. >> we need to give the american people the choice we are offering. that is what we are offering. we owe the country a very clear choice of a different future. we can have a dynamic growing economy that produces opportunity or we can have a stagnant opportunity that fost
what is the romney camp up to? >>reporter: they are headed to denver with a big rally at wings over the rockies air and space museum. what we will see tonight is a shift in strategy. the governor's attempts at framing this as a referendum on president obama have not been working. he now is saying this is a choice for two very different futures for america. he is saying that his choice is one where a smaller government would have facility private enterprise to grow the economy. the other,...
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romney got a surge. if there is no big winner tonight, it is expected that the stakes will only rise on the next debate. both governor romney and president obama are doing a lot of preparation for the face off next week. >>shepard: any concern they will take off the spot line in danville? >>reporter: for all the attention that joe biden will come out swinging and paul ryan, the intellectual voice of the republican party and the face of the g.o.p. for the last couple of years, it is difficult in the format to do that. they could be, the candidates will not upstage the vice presidential candidates and they will be seated together at a table. you look at history of debates with the candidate seated next to one another, it is never as feisty. that works for paul ryan who is a real poll work and it works for joe biden because he has much more seniority and experience in the senate as the chairman of the foreign affairs committee and the vice president, who has been dealing with all kinds of major issues the l
romney got a surge. if there is no big winner tonight, it is expected that the stakes will only rise on the next debate. both governor romney and president obama are doing a lot of preparation for the face off next week. >>shepard: any concern they will take off the spot line in danville? >>reporter: for all the attention that joe biden will come out swinging and paul ryan, the intellectual voice of the republican party and the face of the g.o.p. for the last couple of years, it is...
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today, governor romney is stumping hard in ohio. that is the state that will likely decide this race. the new report suggests that we may not know who wins ohio until after election day. campaign carl cameron is coming up with how many days we might be awake. first, a top g.o.p. senator says hillary clintonly engaged in a "incredible coverup." that is of a we see more e-mails detailing the timeline of the deadly attack in libya accusing the secretary of state of a "coverup" from the american people. lot of paperwork. actually... [ dennis' voice ] an allstate agent can help do the switching and paperwork for you. well, it probably costs a lot. [ dennis' voice ] allstate can save you up to 30% more when you bundle. well, his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. ♪ bundle and save with an allstate agent. are you in good hands? >>shepard: john mccain now, the republican senator, one time presidential candidate himself, today slammed the sitting secretary of state of the united states saying hi
today, governor romney is stumping hard in ohio. that is the state that will likely decide this race. the new report suggests that we may not know who wins ohio until after election day. campaign carl cameron is coming up with how many days we might be awake. first, a top g.o.p. senator says hillary clintonly engaged in a "incredible coverup." that is of a we see more e-mails detailing the timeline of the deadly attack in libya accusing the secretary of state of a "coverup"...
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>>guest: the debate helped mitt romney. what is important to note, two weeks ago mitt romney did a big three-stop tour of ohio for several days and that didn't move the polls in his direction in ohio. after the debate, he might now have some new traction. without trying to get a change in the direction of the polls in ohio he will have trouble. they want to build off of this traction they have from the debate and move it forward in ohio. >>shepard: there is another big debate, the day after tomorrow, the vice presidential debate. what kind of impact could that have given who the candidates are? >>guest: it could have a big impact just because paul ryan and joe biden are very aggressive debaters. we are going to see vice president biden go after paul ryan for the ryan budget that has been a big deal on capitol hill in the last four years. paul ryan will certainly defend his views on this. we will probably see some more sparks than in the first debate. >>shepard: one thing that governor romney has been criticized from both si
>>guest: the debate helped mitt romney. what is important to note, two weeks ago mitt romney did a big three-stop tour of ohio for several days and that didn't move the polls in his direction in ohio. after the debate, he might now have some new traction. without trying to get a change in the direction of the polls in ohio he will have trouble. they want to build off of this traction they have from the debate and move it forward in ohio. >>shepard: there is another big debate, the...